Playground Coffee Roasters is a coffee roaster in St Pauli, Hamburg.
Playground Coffee Roasters on Detlev-Bremer-Strasse in Hamburg's St Pauli has roasted on the Elbe coast since 2014, with a cafe storefront alongside the roastery and a rotating filter bar.
Tip: Open daily. The pour-over flight is the way to taste the current bean range; whole-bean retail on the shelves.
Address: Detlev-Bremer-Strasse 21, 20359 Hamburg
Elbgold's roastery and flagship cafe on Lagerstrasse in Hamburg's Sternschanze has roasted specialty coffee in a former meat-packing hall since 2004.
Tip: Roastery viewing windows at the back; whole-bean retail and subscriptions available at the counter.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Speicherstadt Kaffeeroesterei on Kehrwieder in Hamburg's UNESCO Speicherstadt has run traditional long-time drum roasting in a red-brick warehouse since 1996.
Tip: Tours of the roastery on weekends; book ahead online. Whole-bean retail in the cafe.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil, Kenya, Indonesia
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Drum roasting, Whole bean retail
Public Coffee Roasters on Wexstrasse in Hamburg's Neustadt is the third-wave roaster's original cafe, with a small roastery, espresso bar and whole-bean retail.
Tip: Cafe seating limited; weekday mornings have a steady takeaway-heavy queue.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Rwanda, Burundi
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Subscription, Whole bean retail
Stockholm Espresso Club on Peter-Marquard-Strasse in Hamburg's Winterhude pours and sells beans from the Swedish roaster Koppi, run by Hamburg native Benjamin Link and Swedish partner David Vahabi since 2013.
Tip: Closed Mondays; the bean range rotates with Koppi's seasonal lineup. Order via Aeropress, hand filter or siphon.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Kenya, Colombia
How they serve: Espresso, Aeropress, Hand filter, Siphon, Whole bean retail
